Residents receive food from the government at a provisional refuge after flashfloods and mudslides hit outside of San Cristobal October 30, 2007. Tropical Storm Noel weakened slightly as it moved inland over northern Cuba on Tuesday, but the storm that killed more than a dozen people in the Dominican Republic was expected to briefly become a hurricane later in the week somewhere near the Bahamas. REUTERS/Kena Betancur (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
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